Sharad Pawar.
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Mumbai: Describing the Lok Sabha results as “a harbinger of positive change”, NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that people of India have taught the BJP a big lesson for destroying political parties.
“The outcome will impact the Vidhan Sabha elections in Maharashtra,” said Pawar, one of the vocal critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 83-year-old Pawar, the country’s seniormost politician, said that the results emerging from Uttar Pradesh have given a new direction to the I.N.D.I.A. bloc.
"Earlier, BJP margins in Uttar Pradesh were huge… but now it is limited," he said.
Pawar, a four-time former Maharashtra Chief Minister and three-time union minister, said that he had spoken to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
“I have not called up Chandrababu Naidu… Whatever is the outcome, after discussing with colleagues in the other I.N.D.I.A. allies, we shall share it publicly tomorrow,” he said.
He said that the three Maha Vikas Aghadi allies – Congress-NCP (SP)-Shiv Sena (UBT) have performed well with full unity in the state. “The results show that people have rejected the BJP politics of breaking parties,” he said.
“The people have taught a lesson to the BJP’s politics of destroying political parties… They have rejected the politics of ‘mandir-masjid’. The masses have voted on issues like unemployment, inflation, farmers, and other basic concerns confronting them,” said Pawar.
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